The Party Line on how AI is Destroying the World

The Party Line on how AI is Destroying the World

Episode 54: The Party Line on how AI is Destroying the World This week Omar was replaced by a megaphone - seems fitting! We were joined by Alma Torlakovic, NSW socialists Candidate for Granville and campaigner against data centres, to talk about the harmful community impacts of these huge centres. They emit noise, raise the heat of the surrounding area, and are storage centers for millions of litres of fuel. We discuss the successful campaign of Katoomba residents to stop the building of a centre in their community. Then, we are joined by Jess Lenehan, Victorian Socialists campaign coordinator, and resident tech bro, to discuss AI and what future we are headed for: Terminator, I Robot or The Jetsons.  We hope you enjoy the show, and we promise that ChatGPT did not write this blurb.  Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle. If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline [http://patreon.com/thepartyline].  If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au [http://socialists.org.au]. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers. (The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.)  This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on how Pauline embraced her inner fascist

Episode 53: The Party Line on how Pauline embraced her inner fascist This ep looks at two big events this week: the Victorian teachers rejecting the shitty deal pushed by the Labor government and their union stooges, and Pauline Hanson’s fascistic press club tirade. The teachers have voted 58/42 percent to reject Jacinta Allan’s offer, and the effort was a product of an enormous rank and file upsurge largely led by comrades in Socialists in Schools. We talk about the implications of this huge win and what comes next. Then we unpack the extreme speech that Hanson delivered at the press club which revealed that this so-called populist is an extreme reactionary who hates workers, women, migrants, parents, trans people, and everyone else who isn’t a corporate executive, a property developer, or a mining boss. Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle. If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline [http://patreon.com/thepartyline].  If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au [http://socialists.org.au]. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers. (The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.)  This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on how Capitalism Ruins the World Cup

This ep features Roz Ward, enemy #1 of the Murdoch Press circa 2016, the Antoinette Lattouf of her era. We talk about the recent polling about One Nation, as well as the important anti-Hanson actions that took place over the weekend (and respond to some of the criticisms from tiny groups of sectarians). We then take a bit of a deep dive into the World Cup, looking at how Trump, FIFA, and capitalism have made this event a profiteering disgrace that marginalises working class people and undermines the beauty of the one truly world game. Reading: https://marxist.com/fifa-world-cup-2026-capitalism-is-ruining-sports.htm Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon if you can. ***************** This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle. If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline. If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers. (The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.) This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in Argentina

The Party Line on how socialism hit the mainstream in Argentina The crew are finally back together again, and start by reflecting on some of the listener feedback about the last episode with Jono Srinanganathan discussing the differences between the Greens and the Socialist Party. We then discuss the news, which is filled with mediocrity: Charlie Pickering chatting to a Nazi, Richard Marles celebrating second-hand submarines, and the Block’s Scott Cam complaining about only having $25 million bucks to pass on to his privileged spawn. The US-Israeli war in the Middle East is still continuing, and so we unpack some of the latest news about Israel’s appalling occupation of Lebanese and Palestinian territory, under the cover of a series of sham ‘ceasefires’. The rise and rise of Hanson in Australian politics is another talking point, with the new poll putting One Nation and Liberals way above Labor, as well as stories about Nazis getting gifted mansions by their millionaire mates.  The substance of the episode is about the rise of the FIT-U, a radical socialist coalition in Argentina which has shot to prominence over the last 12 months or so. From winning around 2.5% nationally, they’re now at 10-15%, with their main leader being the most popular politician in the entire country. We ask Jordan Humphreys, who just returned from a trip to the country, to fill us in about how this happened and to draw out lessons for socialists in Australia. Reading: The Left Front in Argentina grows in popularity [https://redflag.org.au/article/the-left-front-in-argentina-grows-in-popularity/]  Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle. If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline [http://patreon.com/thepartyline].  If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au [http://socialists.org.au]. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers. (The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.)  This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

The Party Line on the Victorian Teachers' Rebellion Against their Union Bosses

This episode is a special interview with two Victorian teachers and trade unionists about the state of play regarding their negotiations with the government. We talk about the fact that Victorian schools are the least funded in the country, despite nearly 26 years of Labor governments, and what that means for the conditions for both staff and students.  Reading Victorian teachers betrayed by union agreement with government [https://redflag.org.au/article/victorian-teachers-betrayed-by-union-agreement-with-government/]  Rebellion in the AEU: officials prevent debate as vote approaches on terrible deal [https://redflag.org.au/article/rebellion-in-the-aeu-officials-prevent-debate-as-vote-approaches-on-terrible-deal/]  Hosted by Jordan van den Lamb (@purplepingers), Anneke Demanuele and Omar Hassan. Huge thanks to our tireless editor Charlie Wardrop, our graphic designer James Plested, and our occasional content producer Charlotte Tavan. While we will always release our material for free, please support us on patreon [http://www.patreon.com/cw/ThePartyLine] if you can. ***************** This is a podcast by members of the Socialist Party in Naarm (Melbourne). We hope to bring a radical perspective to a podcast landscape dominated by insipid liberalism (looking at you, The Daily). The pod will come out weekly, and aims to breakdown news and current events from a socialist point of view. While a lot of what’s going on in the world is fairly bleak, The Party Line will try and highlight voices of resistance and struggle. If you like what you hear, please rate, subscribe and share with your friends, colleagues and comrades. If you are in a position to support us financially then sign up at patreon.com/thepartyline [http://patreon.com/thepartyline].  If you find yourself agreeing with us more often than not, please join your local branch of the Socialist Party at socialists.org.au [http://socialists.org.au]. We need your help to build a fighting socialist movement that can take on both the far right and its centrist enablers. (The views and opinions expressed in our show are ours and ours alone, and do not reflect on the Socialist Party or Victorian Socialists.)  This pod was produced on stolen land and we stand in solidarity with our Indigenous comrades in their ongoing fight against racism and capitalism. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.